IMRAN KHAN at Tramway Theatre

Imran Khans sacrifice comes from a simple and devastatingly clear premise.The Human Being is concerned with Empathy and Justice.The Animal Kingdom is concerned with Might is Right and Survival of the fittest.

To his credit Imran has put himself up for the crushingly responsible task of taking Pakistan back from the corrupt elites even though he is best placed to take up the luxuries and delights of being at the top crust of the top elites stripping the wealth of the nation to fund a lifestyle only the Royalty of centuries past could enjoy.

Whilst the elites have made Pakistan one of the most corrupt places on Earth , the poorer classes have put Pakistan at the top of the league of individuals who contribute to charity.Imran Khan has a plan to get the later to the top and bring the early promise of first generations Pakistanis , like himself , hope to mould a nation independent and being a role model , like it was to Malaysia and Singapore in the 50s and 60s , as to how a post-colonial society that can forebear the excesses of the ever-dependent Capitalist Powers.

His plan is to make the Judiciary genuinely independent ; the Police accountable to the Judiciary and the Civil Service answerable to the People they purport to serve.

All he needs from the diaspora is lip-service and a small commitment of about £10 per month so his party can build offices in every large institution in Pakistan , even now in all the campuses and educational institutions his party is by far the biggest grouping , out-numbering the pre-established feudal ridden parties.

His plan may seem grand , unattainable but then again , his prediction that Military Ruler Musharraf will be out of office in less than a year had the same incredulous ring about it.

Some , if not all , cynics will say if Zardari ever goes then Nawaz will come into the frame , leaving Imran ever-sidelined , and this was borne out in that more than half of the committee which welcome Imran Khan were also equally ecstatic in laying out the red-carpet to Benazir Bhutto , the Negroponte sponsored page 3 gall , when she rolled into Town.

WORLD CUP 2010

And did you notice Greens wikipedia entry below ( click on image for full size)

Apparently it only lasted last night for an our , which is 15 minutes longer than Englands campaign



Below is a short history of US Presidents:

1966


2010



But Green has already been signed up for sponsorship:



And Beckham , of course , is in the big league: ( Again click on image for full size)



Its good to see Maradona getting into the spirit of things.




The Spanish Press have been taking the set back against Switzerland in the composed;emotionally-detached;rational reflective manner of that part of the world.

The analysis of the coach who won then Euro 2008 is that the team were too slow and lacked an extra defensive mid-fielder to take the pressure away from the creative midfielders who played most of the tippy-tappy possession football to deep to cause problems.

In the spirit of blaming the ball , a viable excuse is that the slow pace may have been due to the games being played in the afternoon , whilst the next 2 will be in the evening.A lame excuse i know.

They are not happy that the roles of Xavi ( the best play-maker ) is swtiched with Alonso ( ex-Liverpool , need i saw more!) , and advocate a switch which should make all the difference.

The English Press are suggesting Capello gets a retro English classic makeover.



At least hes already got the surname for it

Rooney has got loyal support from the Animal Kingdom , though one comment did astutely suggest he should have completed the sentence by adding "you wanker".



England "Hero" Rooney has bad-mouthed the fans , but after consultation with his corporate attunned agent , though better of it.To me his apology did seem a tad insincere.



This the secret of New Zealands adapting to South Africa conditions:





The Spanish need motivational inspiration and here is the one song to raise Spanish spirits:




The Italians bow out in a whimper , looks like lady Karma caught up with them.

At least the Italians are consistant , they are graceless when they win and graceless when they lose.

And then they poke one in the chest with their jabbing finger as they give a lecture on how well-mannered;cultured and sophisticated they are.

England meet Germany and its time to duly come home.

Good to see Roy Keane giving the realist counter-analysis to the BBC/ITV/Sky band of tell-them-what-they-want-hear saxon-wanabee irishmen.

It gets good at the 1m15sec mark.



One commentator said before the match yesterday he would pick only 2 Germans who could cut it in the English squad.

I cant think of a Single German who could match the standard of the English squad.

We Germans have a hard time keeping possession of the ball like them.

Spain beat Germany , this is how Madrid celebrates:



Below is an earlier video of Spanish commentators during an earlier victory:



The less passionate one on the left is ex-Spanish captain Camacho.

Spain win the World Cup , this is the celebrations from a quiet bit of Malaga:



Del Bosque and Son:



Spain's national soccer team coach Vicente del Bosque (L) is congratulated by his son Alvaro (C) during a meeting with Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at Madrid's Moncloa Palace, July 12, 2010. Spain stunned the Netherlands to win their first World Cup on Sunday in sensational fashion with a goal in the last minutes of extra time.The Son featured suffers from some form of disability , i think Downs , but had made a vow to join his dad on a victory tour if he came back with the trophy.


THE WORLD CHAMPIONS:



Pique ( 20 sec mark) re-opens wounds that ought to be enshrined in an over-lapping happiness , hopefully the Nation will rise above it.